This one on the other hand has always stood out for me though, I don't know if it was watching all of the sappy love movies that usually included a snobby rich man falling for the poor peasant girl as I yearned to have that kind of money and lifestyle but I have always been curious as to what it tastes like simply just because.
I had no idea where to buy it so my first goal was to find a place that sold Caviar. I quickly realized I could buy it at a local grocery store in town and off I went. I had no idea how much it would cost and I had no idea what it would taste like. People have often described caviar as salty but when I asked the young man at the grocery store he had heard it tasted sweet. "I guess I will find out" I said to him. He went way in the back of the fish department where another fridge stood. He opened the door and took out a tiny round can about the size of a baby food jar lid.
The young man took out the big book he had sitting on the counter, flipped through a few pages and found the price of the caviar. "For white sturgeon caviar it's $29.99 ma'am" he continued. I thought to myself wow yes expensive but not as expensive as I thought it would be. "I'll take it" I replied.
I couldn't wait to get it home to try it with my husband and neither of us had tried it. "Lifestyles of the rich and the famous" I thought. "You only live once" I convinced myself. I had bought some table crackers to eat with the caviar along with some crab pate and white wine to wash it down. I figured we should have back up just in case it tasted horrible.
When I got home, my husband was excited to try is as well as he had never tasted the sweet or salty taste of Caviar before. For those of you who know me I don't usually like fish eggs. Something about those little balls of fluid in my mouth that goes pop, pop, pop, that I just don't like.
When we finally opened the tiny tin I thought for sure it would be gone with two bites. I was wrong, there was actually a lot in that tiny tin and it lasted a number of crackers later. The miniscule black fish eggs I was about to eat didn't look like the fish eggs you get with sushi, they were much smaller and had a bit of liquid encompassing the eggs. My husband and I each grabbed a cracker and placed a very small spoonful at the edge of the cracker. "Here goes nothing" I chuckled. "There goes a dollar" my husband replied cheekily. It was very salty, almost overpowering the cracker completely. "Not bad" I thought. I don't know if I would ever buy it again but for now I was living in the moment and I was going to savor every bite. I paid good money for it and wasn't about to let it go to waste. Finally we invited my parents who live in our basement suite up for a few bites as well before it was all gone and now I can officially say I've tried caviar. That's one more off this girls bucket list!
You only live once so why not try what this beautiful world has to offer. I might not be rich and I might not be famous, but this girl got to taste a bit if luxury even just for a moment. It was all worth it. What things have you tried lately? Share your story in the comments section.
Thanks for listening!
Brie
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